ChainCatcher news, according to CNBC, SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son will visit President-elect Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday and announce a $100 billion investment in the United States over the next four years.Sources revealed that Masayoshi Son will also commit to creating 100,000 jobs focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and related infrastructure, with the funds to be deployed before Trump's term ends. It is reported that this funding may come from various sources controlled by SoftBank, including the Vision Fund, capital projects, or chip manufacturer Arm Holdings (ARM.US).

ChainCatcher news, Web3 infrastructure service provider Balance announced significant progress in its node sales after successfully completing a $30 million funding round led by a16z. So far, over 20,000 Balance Key Nodes have been distributed, with total sales exceeding $22 million. This includes $12 million from official sales and $10 million from institutional investments, with node investors including Animoca Brands, Amber Group, and others.Balance.fun is an innovative AI+web3 social and interactive entertainment protocol created by Epal labs.

ChainCatcher news, Mocaverse posted on platform X that Moca 3.0 has arrived, transitioning from 1.0 → 2.0 → to now 3.0:Moca 1.0 (B2C): Building a core community using Moca NFT and XP;Moca 2.0 (B2C): Developing distribution and community through Moca ID and RP to incentivize partners and holders to grow together;Moca 3.0 (B2B2C): Building digital identity infrastructure for projects, creating universal embedded accounts for users to hold assets, identity, and reputation data, while joining through various consumer applications, allowing all users to easily transplant among each other.Moca 3.0 will address the issue of digital fragmentation, shifting from a project-centric approach to a user-centric one, building an open network centered around users rather than being user-centric:Users own their data and can monetize it;Data is unified under one identity;Maximized rewards for users based on aggregated identities;An open network shared with everyone with user consent;Connecting ecosystems through shared accounts and identities.

ChainCatcher news, CESS announced that medical expert Dr. Changge Fang has joined the team to promote the infrastructure development of the DeSci track.Dr. Changge Fang has nearly thirty years of experience in medical research, including the development of patented three-dimensional tumor models to accelerate cancer drug screening, and has made breakthroughs in precision medicine and health data analysis. She will assist CESS in achieving further innovations in the security of medical data storage, the standardization of data sharing, and the support of precision medical technologies, injecting new momentum into global scientific research.It is reported that CESS has proposed the first decentralized storage protocol standard IEEE P3220.02. CESS is also a member of professional organizations such as the Blockchain Association (BA) and the Global Blockchain Association (GBA), promoting the mainstream application of blockchain technology.

ChainCatcher news, Binance Labs announced an investment in Perena's core development team Quine Co., supporting its establishment of a stablecoin infrastructure protocol on Solana. The investment from Binance Labs will help the Perena team scale, develop a global community, and build a comprehensive suite of stablecoin products on Solana.Perena aims to create a more decentralized, efficient, and accessible financial system by combining DeFi innovations with traditional financial principles.Perena recently launched Numéraire, a weighted multi-token scalable stablecoin exchange protocol (stableswap) that does not require actively managed concentrated liquidity market makers (CLMM), significantly reducing the capital requirements for issuing new stablecoins.

ChainCatcher news, Grayscale has released a classification framework for the cryptocurrency industry, dividing the digital asset market into five major sectors: Currencies, Smart Contract Platforms, Financials, Consumer & Culture, and Utilities & Services.The report shows that despite Bitcoin's significant rise this year, the overall trend of crypto asset categories is divergent. The currency assets include Bitcoin, XRP, and Zcash; the smart contract platforms include Ethereum, Solana, and Polygon; the financials include Maker, Uniswap, and Aave; the consumer culture sector includes ApeCoin, Decentraland, and Sandbox; and the infrastructure services include Chainlink, Filecoin, and Lido DAO.

ChainCatcher news, Circle co-founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire stated in an interview that cryptocurrency will never go backward and will become a ubiquitous infrastructure around the world, just like the internet did, with the infrastructure expanding everywhere since 2004.

ChainCatcher news, according to the Mobile Payment Network, the General Office of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress has issued a notice indicating that the 17th meeting of the 16th Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress reviewed the "Regulations on Promoting the Application of Electronic Documents Empowered by Blockchain in Pudong New Area (Draft)." In order to further promote legislative democracy, the draft regulations and related explanations are now published to widely solicit opinions from the public for further research and modification, and to be submitted for review at future Standing Committee meetings.The "Regulations on the Application of Electronic Documents" support the integration of the digital RMB system with blockchain infrastructure, promoting the use of digital RMB in application scenarios such as electronic document certification, pricing, payment, settlement, and investment financing.In addition, the "Regulations on the Application of Electronic Documents" also state that relevant departments will be encouraged to manage and share various electronic licenses, electronic documents, and other materials generated in the performance of their duties based on blockchain infrastructure.

ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin native infrastructure tool Toram announced the completion of a new round of strategic financing, with participation from Blockchain Founders Fund, MH Ventures, Draper Associates, Boost VC, and Side Door Ventures. The amount of financing has not been disclosed.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Circle has announced a partnership with payment infrastructure Pockyt to support USDC merchant payment transactions. This collaboration will redefine the possibilities for businesses by integrating stablecoin payment processing into Pockyt's ecosystem, providing merchants with a secure, efficient, and cost-effective solution for cross-border commerce using USDC.In addition to integrating USDC, Pockyt will also leverage Circle's programmable wallet to connect traditional Web2 financial systems with the decentralized capabilities of Web3, enabling thousands of merchants and over 1 million Pockyt users to seamlessly transition between Web2 and Web3.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Bitcoin and ZK infrastructure company Fiamma has completed a $4 million seed round financing, led by Lightspeed Faction and L2IV, with participation from Astera Ventures, Contribution Capital, Sats Ventures, Chapter One, and FoundersHead. The investment also includes participation from major strategic investors in the Bitcoin infrastructure space, such as BOB (Build on Bitcoin), as well as various angel investors including the founders of Satlayer and Daedalus. The company plans to use this investment to expand Fiamma's business, accelerate product development, and drive the adoption of its underlying technology.Fiamma is described as a Bitcoin and ZK infrastructure company dedicated to transforming Bitcoin into a dynamically programmable asset. It is unlocking real use cases for Bitcoin, turning it into a dynamic asset and the foundation for decentralized internet and financial systems. Fiamma's products include the Bitcoin bridge Fiamma Bridge and the Bitcoin ZK verification layer Fiamma Layer powered by BitVM2.

ChainCatcher message, Three Arrows Capital co-founder Zhu Su stated on social media: "The crypto industry has now shifted from infrastructure-led to product-led.Compared to infrastructure investments, product investments carry higher risks, but this aligns more with the risk patterns that Web2 investors are accustomed to.This is just a return to normalcy."